The Sun. — London, England, 1864-09-02 00:00:00

THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. (iron the Times' Correspondent.) CLIFTON , HOUSE, NIAGARA FALLS, Aug. 18. The friendly intercourse between the Southern emissaries and agents and the leading Democratic politicians of the North and North-West continues as active as ever. Separated for so long a period from each other by the terrible exigencies of war, and connected as many of them are by ties of mar riage and consanguinity, as well as by those of social and political companionship, it is not surprising that they should take advantage of the agreeable pro pinquity of Canada to meet together for friendly dis cussion on the woes of their once common country, and the possibilities of piece, if not of reconciliation. The effect has been to concentrate all men's atten tion upon the approaching Convention at Chicago, and to throw back into thu far domain of history the platform of the Convention of Cleveland which no minated General Fremont, and that of the Conven tion of Baltimore which nominated Mr Linilotn. The nominee of Chicago—provided,as I have already stated, the subsequent election be fairly and legally conducted, without tampering with the ballotboxes or dictation on the part of the military—will be the new President of the United States. All pre. vions " platforms " are but 80 much waste paper, and the platform of Chicago, embodying two great end essential principles—the first an armistice, and the second a convention of the States, will be the living reality, the acceptance of which on the part of the statesmen who will secure the support of Chicago will render useless the opposition of Gen. Fremont, Mr. Lincoln, or any other candidate whatsoever who shall take his stand on the platform of the rigorous prosecution of the war, and the uncondi tional surrender of the Southern people, It is not to be imagined that the war party, whe ther composed of War Democrats or of such mem bers of the Republican party as have lost in Mr Lincoln's ability to bring the war to a successful or even an honourable issue, accept the idea that the independence of the South will follow as a necesa sary consequence of an armistice. On the contrary they cherish the idea of reunion. They will not abandon the darling hope that North and South, in spite of the bitter memories of the war, will again shake bands in fraternal loving.kindness, and con sent to be one people. They have a blind confidence that the estrangement of the two is but temporary, and the innate affection perpetual. They are as thorough believers in Destiny as the first Napoleon, and that Destiny they insist in the teeth of all ad. verse argument is that there shall he but one great nation on the North American continent, and-tha' it shah not only comprise the now belligerent and estranged sections of the Federation and the Confe• deracy, but at a later, and possibly not distant, day, both Mexico and British America. The peace party, properly so called, has iao such ideas, but, as was shown by the proceedings, at the preliminary Con vention of Syracuse, held to-day, and of which the telegraphic reports are before me, will not interrupt the harmony of the great Convention at Chicago by insisting upon abstract principles which the bulk of their coadjutors are not yet prepared to recognise. The War Democrats believe that union will be the result of an armistice ; while the Peace Democrats believe that the sword once sheathed will not again be drawn, and that the Northern people, when they have talked over the matter with their Southern brethren in peaceable convention will accept Southern independence —as George 111. acceptedthe independence of the thirteen colonies.— reluctantly, and with a sorrowful heart it may be, but with the conviction that separation, however painful, will be the beet for both parties; that if they cannot be one flesh and blood, like man and wife, they can be good friends and neighbours and profitable customers ; and that, more than these, they may enter into such a political alliance as will secure them far greater influence in the councils of civilisation than they ever possessed since their dis ruption was first predicted as inevitable. The simple truth of the matter is that an armistice suits all parties except the men who expect to obtain contracts from the Government for supplying the army and navy. It even suits some of these, who bee looming up on the verge of the horizon the pros spect of a war with France or Great Britain, for the possession of :‘lexico or Canada, as the sure result of peace between the North and South. It snits the Lincoln Administration, which is in sore distress for money as well as for men, which cannot print off many more hundreds of millions of greenbacks for fear of sending up the premium on geld to 500 per cent., and which cannot enforce a conscription for fear of exciting armed revolt or revolution in the streets of the grout cities. It suits the men of lonsi nees, whose affairs are getting into what is called a " snarl," or entanglement, in consequence of the de preciation of the currency, and the great and daily fluctuating uncertainties attendant upon all domes tic as well as foreign commerce. It suits the pro• fessicmal classes, who sae their liabilities increase, while their earnings diminish. It suits the la. I bourers, who see in it a decline of the prices of the necessaries of life, as wall as the abandonment of the hated conscription. It suits the Democratic party, beeause it gives them a chance of power. It suits the Republican party, brcause it extricates them from a . . . difficulty which is otherwise insurmountable—viz., the prosecution of the war without sufficient money or men. It also suits the army, which has lost confidence in its Generals, and which, moreover, would be glad of the opportunity to return home on farlou3h. It is the first time since the commence ment of the war that any considerable body of the people have been so reasonable and dispassionate, and although the results expected are as different as the interests and idiosyncracies of sects, parties, intrigues, and doctrines can foreshadow or hope, the great current of politics runs but in one direction— towards a camprocnise to be effected by negotiation rather than the sword. As regards the candidates, Gan. Fremont is, in the current slang, nowhere ; Mr Dean Richmond makes no sign ; and if Gen. M'Clellan should accept the Chicago platform, and be nominated by the conven tion on the 29ch, the contest will lie between him and Mr Lincoln. Already the indications are patent that Mr Lincoln will endeavour to distance him in the race, or throw him out of the course altogether, by declaring himself in favour of the armistice and conventio❑ to be proposed at Chicago. His letter to all whom it may concern is no logical impedi ment in his way. Ile may urge that, as an indivi dual, he coald only treat with Southern emissaries or plenipotentiaries in the way therein described; but that if the question is to be taken out of his hands, and debated by a general convention of the people, as the constitution provides and describes, he cannot consistently with duty object to such deliberation, or to the preliminary armistice, which would be absolutely necessary before such a con vention could be summoned. Thus the question stands at present, Mr Lincoln being in posses sion has much of the solution in his own hands. If he really desire re-election, and fear to attempt a coup•detat and a military revolution, he has a better chance of effecting his purpose by accept ing the proposal of an armistice than by opposing it. The War Democrats foresee the possibility of such a movement, and are conseqaently more bitter and personal in their denunciations of his imbecility, corruption, and usurpation of uncon stitutional powers than they have been at any pre vious period of his contradictory and inglorious career. The friends of Gen. M'Clellan are particu larly rabid, from which it may be inferred that they have more dread of Mr Lincoln's opposition to their favourite then they have of that of any other candidate, present or prospective. It should be added that the friends of the South are as hostle to Gen. M'Clellan as the friends of Gen. M'Clellan are to Mr Lincoln, and that, all things considered, the South would prefer the armistice and the convention under MrLincoln's auspices than under those of any other President as yet known to have a chance of election. The names of the ex-Presidents Franklin Pierce and Millard Filmore are no longer mentioned in connection with the cffiee. The two Seymours, the timid one, who is now Governor of New York, and the bold one, who was formerly Governor of Connecticut, seem to have dropped wholly out of the list of available candidates. General Grant has scarcely a political friend left, and has ceased to be a " Sipolson," a " 'Titan in a blue coat,"a " hero," or anything but a failure as great as any whom the war has produced. Naval and Military Intelligence. I The 3d battalion of the Grenadier Gu.r is, under the command of Col. his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, arrived yest erday after noon at the Chelsea Barracks, from n onth's duty under canvass. The battalion returred from the camp by road, bivouacking at Bagshot-heath on Tuesday night, and on Wednesday night at Houns, low-heath. Yesterday Col. H. D. Harness, C. 8., director of the Royal Engineer establishment, Chatham, corn. menced his half-yearly inspection of the companies at headquarters and the detachments for colonial service and surveying duties at Erompton barracks. In addition to the companies of Royal Engineers now doing garrison duty, the officers, nor-commis sioned officers, and sappers composing the detach ments for New Zealand, to augment the 6th com pany, together with the detachments for St. Helena and for the companies employed on surveying duties, were also inspected by Col. Harness, who at the close of the parade examined the books and other official documents belonging to each corps and detachment. The reinforcements of the Royal En gineers under orders for embarkation will embark on the Bth inst., in her Majesty's iron screw ship Orontes, Capt. H. W. Hire. The reinforcements for the Ist battalion of the 12th Regiment and the 43d Light Infantry for the depot companies of those corps at Chatham garri son, together with the detachments for the 2d bat■ talion of the 14th Regiment, 2d battalion of the 18th Royal Irish, 40th Regiment, 50th (Queen's Own), 57th Regiment, 65th Regiment, and 68th Light In fantry, have received orders from the Horse Guards to be held in readiness to embark for New Zealand in the course of the present month, the Black Ball clipper ship Light Brigade, 2,500 tons, which has been chartered by the Government to convey the reinforcements to New Zealand, being under orders to embark her trcops at Gravesend on the 20th inst. The trials which have taken place at the Royal Engineer establishment, Chatham, under the direc tion of the committee of officers appointed by the - War-office, for the purpose of testing the merits of the Belgian and Austrian pontoons, have been brought to a termination, and have resulted in a highly favourable report being made on the descrip tion of pontoons received from Belgium, which are considered decidedly superior to those in use in the Austrian service. An order has since been received at Chatham for the Austrian pontoons to be re turned into store at once. The Ist company of Royal Engineers has received orders to undergo a amuse of fieldwork instruction and sapping and mining at head quarters, Chatham, previously to embarking for colonial service. The Ist company, no stationed at Devon port, will be relieved by the Bth company of Royal Engineers, now on passage home from China, and shortly ex pected to arrive at the Royal Engineer establish ment, Chatham. The troops brought home from Bombay and Karrachee in the Salamanca and Louisa, hired sailing transports, as reported in Me Sun of yes terday, were disembarked yesterday morning from those ships at Spithead, under the supervision of Col. Shadwell, Assist..Quartermaster-Gen., and were forwarded to their destinations, the invalids to the Royal Victoria Military Hospital at Netley, and the time-expired men to their regimental depots. The ship sailed for the Thames about noon. The white or St. George's ensign was yesterday hoisted by her Majesty's ships at Portsmouth, as the ensign for the future for the Royal Navy. Rear- Admiral of the Red George Elliot, superintendent of Portsmouth dockyard, and Acting Commander.; in-Chief Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, at the Channel Islands, changed their flag from red at the St. George's Cross, which will in future be the only flag flown by an admiral, according to his rank of admiral, vice or rear, at main, fore, or mizen. The blue ensign is now given by the Admiralty to ships manned and officered, or partially so, by the Royal Naval Re serve. The red ensign remains the flag of the ordi• nary mercantile service. Her Majesty's iron scraw steamship Warrior, 40, Captain the Hon. Arthur A. Cochrane, from Tor bay, arrived in Plymouth Sound early yesterday morning. She afterwards tack in coal, and, being detached from the Channel Squadron, was appointed to sail at noon for Gibraltar, where it is probable she will continue for the remainder of her time. She was commissioned in August, 1861. On Saturday last the Royal Sovereign turret ship, Captain Sherard Osborn, C. 8., started from Ports mouth for Portland on her first cruise since her con version to a turret ship. The dockyard mechanics were at work on board the ship in Portsmouth harbour at 1 p.m., but at 6 p.m. the ship was rid of them and steaming out of the harbour. That night she anchored in the Solent. On Sunday morning the anchor was weighed, and with three boilers out of her six, working at the lowest grade of expansion, the ship steamed through the Needles against a fresh breeze, making 5 , 1 knots. The same day she anchored in Portland Roads, and remained at anchor until Tuesday morning, the interval being occupied in clearing up ship and setting matters straight. On Tuesday morning steam was got np in two boilers, the anchor weighed, and the Royal Sove reign steamed about the bay between Portland Roads and Weymouth, her crew being exercised in bringing the ship to anchor and weighing again under diffarent circumstances. During Tuesday night it blew very heavy from about S.W., and continued to do so throughout the following day. On Wednesday morning steam was got up in four boilers, two-thirds power,.,and the ship was taken outside, and off the Rice mad e a goo d e i ght knots against a strong wind and a heavy head sea. Capt. Osborn then took the ship into the Race, and when fairly in the midst of the roughest water put her broadside to it and let her roll and tumble about as she pleased in order to test her turrets in as cone elusive a manner as possible. The vessel rolled quickly 11 deg. to leeward, and 10 deg. to wind. ward, and under these circumstances the turrets and guns .were manned, and the former revolved and the latter run in and out as would have been the case in action with an enemy in the same position and under the same conditions. It was found that the turrets were perfectly manageable, and the guns could be handled with the same ease as in smooth water, excepting, of course, that a little more care was required from the men in working them. The ship being still kept in her rolling position the guns is the turrets were next trained nearly fore and aft, the winch handles let go and breaks slacked up, and turrets and guns left to themselves, the ship rolling in an arc of 21 degrees. As, however, every- thing remained immovable, and it was found the men could t a k e h o l d of the winch handles and set I the turret revolving, or leave them as they pleased, without leaving any check upon the turret's move ment, this was deemed both by Captain Osborn and Captain Coles quite sufficiently conclusive of the turrets' steadiness and working under as almost un favourable conditions as could be met with, except in a gale of wind. The guns were secured e and the Sovereign returned to her anchorage in Portland Roads, where, as she lies at anchor, she has the look of a monster gunboat, and as a gunboat simply has she been handled by Captain Osborn since leaving Portsmouth harbour. In steaming through the Solent on Saturday the Royal Sovereign's steering gear from the pilot-house forward answered admi rably, and the vessel answered every movement of her rudder as quickly as a wherry could have done. The Highflyer, 21, screw corvette, steamed out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday, and made a pre liminary trial of her machinery, which proved quite ,cpenretplyaruantodreyrgtoonceomamthisosriooung.hTrheepHairigtho asayteirsfa:atsorrye hull and machinery. The screw corvette Cadmus, 21, 400 horse power, in dry y h d dock at of h Chatham,er wire preparin g standing r forig gng set up the pennant, has sthe and a considerable portion of her topmast rigging in place. She is to be expedited in her fitments, as she is required for immediate commission, and additional hands have been placed on her. Since she has been in dock she has undergone very eaten. sive repair to both hull and machinery, and she is now in alm.)st as sound a state as when launched. She has been furnished with a new Griffith's pro peller in lieu of the Admiralty screw. The deaths of the following officers have ,beet, otliciqiiy reported at the War-office since the Ist of August :—Gen. Sir J. H. Roy nett, K.C.8., K.C.H., colonel of the 48th Regiment; Lieut.-Gen.Sir J. R. Eustaee, K. 11.; - 11 , Ljor-Gen. D. Grant, Royal Artil lery Cols. J. Heatley, 69 h Regiment ; and T. Prior, sth Fusileers. Copts. L. Macheli, Royal Ar tillery ; G. W. F. Snell, 33. h Regiment ; J. A. Pal liser, 76th Regiment ; R. H. Ker ; J. B. Leatham ; G. Randall ; D. Pratt, 16th Dragoons ; and M. W. L. Coast, paymaster, Rifle Brigade. Lit uts. H. E. Yorke, Royal Artillery ; A. M. Rowan, 13th (Prince Albert's) Light Infantry ; J, Miller, 60th Rifles ; G. Worsley, 39th Regiment; and J. Burn, 72d High. landers. Ensigns A. B. Duncan, 57th Regiment ; B. Alt, 93th Regiment; and J. S. Dixon, 94th Regiment. Quartermaster W. Evans, 88th Con. naught Rangers; Assistant-Commissary Gen. W. H. Dalrymple. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—John. T. Moore, assist..surg., additional to the Duncan ; Ales. G. Bain, acting assist.•surg,, additional to the Duncan ; and John Adams, ass:st.-engineer, to the Asia, as super numerary. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 2 1864 RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE, GREAT WESTERN. The half yearly statement of accounts of this company to 31st July last, has just been issued. It shows that the re ceipts on shares and stocks for the Great Western (original line) amounted to £16,220,802, on those of the Oxford sec tion to £3,268,375, on the Newport section to £1,375,944,0n the Hereford to £563,199, on those of the West Midland to £1,319,164, on those of the South Wales to £3,450,537, and on joint account £2,600; making together £25,900,621 re ceived on ordinary and preference shares and stocks in the company—the total amount created being £27,293,775. The arrears amount to £6,755, the calls not yet made to 39,529, and the amount of forfeited and unissued shares to £1,346,871. The amount received on loans on debentures in respect of the capital of the Great Western original line is £11,574,485; in respect of West Midland capital £889,433; and in respect of the South Wales capital, £l,2lB,o2l—total, £13,681,939; which added to the £25,900,621 raised on shares, makes a total of £39,582,560. The capital expenditure in respect of the original Great Western and Shrewsbury lines amounts to £27,996,945, in cluding subscriptions and disbursements for other under• takings to the amount of £2,268,909 ; the expenditure on account of the Oxford capital amounts to £4,341,171 ; on the Newport capital to £1,507,861; on the Hereford capi tal to £792,713; on account of the West Midland capital to £563,360 ; en account of South Wales capital to £4,570,4:8, including £128,580 subscriptions to other un dertakings, and the expenditure on joint capital account up to the 31st of July last to £294,301, including £40,500 sub scriptions to other undertakings—total, £40,066,790, leav ing balances against capital on temporary loans of £484,230. The revenue account for the half-year ending the 31st of July last shows that £1,678,350 had been received from all sources, and £763,742, cr 46.466 per cent., expended in working the traffic, leaving a balance of £914,608. Out of this is deducted £82,785 for rent charges, £50,727 for joint interests, and £5,000 for Parliamentary expenses ; £4,812 for expenses cf Kennet and Avon Canal, £7BO for Stour bridge Canal, and £1,014 expenses of Stratford Canal— together, £1 , _5,118, leaving £769,490 to be divided in the proportion of £566,903, or 73.6725 parts to the Great Western (original) ; £120,252, or 15.6725 parts, to the West Midland ; and £82,335, or 10.7 parts, to the South Wales. Each proportion is dealt with separately by the three sections, and the result is that for the Great Western (original) there remains £124,377 available for dividend on the ordinary stock and shares, being at the rate of 3 per cent. per annum ; for the 'West Midland ordinary stocks, £14,048, available at the rate of 2 per cent. per annum on the Oxford stock, and at the rate of 11 per cent. per annum on the Newport stock ; and for the South Wales ordinary stock £41,229 available for a dividend at the rate of 3i per cent, per annum, for the past half year, ending July 31. The Works at Blackfriars, The gigantic operations necessary for the com pletion of the London, Chatham, and Dover Rail way, and for connecting it both with the city and with the Metropolitan Railway, are being pushed forward with great rapidity, and probably by the spring of next year, if not before, the line at its northern end will be finished, and in full working order. The viaduct across the Thames at Blackfriars, which for months past has been gra dually assuming shape and solidity, is now so far towards completion that the trellis work on either side, and in the parallel lines in the middle of the structure, extends from bank to bank of the river, and the permanent way is in an advanced state. The bridge at either end rests upon massive abut ments of solid masonry, slightly ornamented, and, as a whole, has an extremely simple and utilitarian appearance, the sides, which are of considerable height, being constructed throughout of iron in open trellis work, connected at the top by elliptical arches of iron at intervals, and having the monotony broken here and there by ornamental pilasters. It is sufficiently wide for fonr lines of rails, From the northern abutment the line is being carried on brick arches, of great width and strength, parallel with the eastern side of Bridge-street and Farringdon street, to a point of junction with the Metropolitan Railway on the western side of Smithfield. In its course it crosses Earl-street, Union-street, Ludgate hill, and Snow-hill—the three first by viaduets of wrought-iron, and the last by a tunnel under the projected Holborn Valley Improvement. In Bridge street, immediately facing Radley's Hotel, a large and commodious passenger station is being erected, harmonising in its general appearance with that on the southern side of the river at Blackfriars, and having a frontage of about 150 feet in width, ex• tending from Union-street northwards. Broad as Bridge.street is and ought to be, the station stands well back from the present line of thoroughfare to admit of convenient approaches to it, and of the street itself being widened, which it probably will be at some future time, having regard to the convenience of the ordinary street traffic be tween the two sides of the river by the new bridge at Blackfriars, and to admit of a suitable junction with the Thames embankment. The five massive wrought-iron girders or beams which are to carry the line over Ludgate-hilt are now in position, but at present they afford no idea of the appearance which the viaduct there will ultimately present. The railway company were bound by their Act to con struct it after a design which should receive the ap proval of the Commissioners of Sewers of the City of London, who are, in fact, a Board of Works with powers as extensive above ground as below, and a plan of the bridge has been sanctioned by them. According to that there will be a clear headway for the ordinary street traffic of 18ft from the roadway to the bottom of the viaduct, and the hill from the point of intersection by the railway towards Bridge street on its southern side will be very considerably widened. The sides of the viaduct will be 71t 91a io height, and consist of iron in open trellis work, after an ornamental design, and decorated at two points on either side with the arms of the City and lau.p pillars. The abutments of the bridge facing the street will be of Portland stone, and harmonise in ornamentation with the more massive ones of the viaduct across the Thames. It will carry four lines of railway and be about 52ft i❑ width from parapet to parapet. It will owe Ludgate-hill very near to the foot, or about 25ft from Bridge-street, At pre sent, contrary to anticipation, from no part of Fleet street, except perhaps at the very foot, and that slightly, does it intercept the view of St. Paul's Cathedral. Indeed, as an obstruction i❑ that respect, it is not for a moment to be compared with the trumpery, unsightly spire of the church of St. Mar• tin, Ludgate, which provokingly intercepts the view of the cathedral dome to a great extent of a person going eastwards from Temple-bar. Simultaneously with the extensive railway operations i❑ progress, the old bridge at Blackfriars is being pulled down to make way for the new one, for the construction of which large masses of scaffolding are being erected on the western side of the condemned structure. It has already been stripped of the parapets and ma sonry down to the tops of the arches, the roadway has been hewn up and removed, and at present the bridge presents the appearance of a vast quarry. Although it has been coming down of its own ac cord for the last 20 years and more, it takes a deal of pulling down after ail. By a return made by the Chamberlain of London to the Court of Com mon Council in January, 1843, the enormous sum of £100,960 had been expended up to that time in re pairing the structure, under a local Act passed in the fourth year of the reign of William IV., over and above the cost of procuring the Act itself, amounting, with other incidental charges, to about £BOO ; and according to a subsequent report of a committee of the corporation £10,520 was spent is tinkering one of the arches between June, 1850, and January, 1856, of which 18,260 odd was expended in the 18 months previous to September, 1851. The subsequent expenditure in that way down to the end of 1859 was at the rate of £6OO a year. Seeing that in spite of all that outlay the corporation has still to build a new bridge, the money may be said to have been literally thrown into the Thames. Terrible Disaster on Lake Erie. The London Prototype of the 12th August states that on the previous Wednesday the propeller Racine, one of the Western Transportation Company's line of lake steamers, was burned to the water's edge, about 30 miles south of Port Stanley. Twenty-seven persons were all that escaped alive out of 40, the number of crew and passengers on board at the time of the sad occurrence. Racine was at the time of the disaster bound fur Buffalo, with a full cargo of corn, oats, and high wines, and a few passengers, besides a full crew. At 2.45 on the morning named, the lookout observed a bright flame burst out about midships. All hands were called on deck, the vessel turned to land, and the pumps quickly manned ; but, despite the efforts of both crew and passen gers, who worked with a determination inspired by the desperate nature of their position, the fire gained rapidly, and all hopes of staying its ravages ware quickly dispelled by the fearful alacrity with which it communicated from one point b the other of the doomed vessel. The lifeboats were ordered to be lowered, and an attempt made to reach the shore. The first of these, under command of the second mate, Mr, J. Monaghan, and occupied by 5 deck hands and 4 passengers —names unknown—was placed in a position to be lowered, but, unfortunately, one of the ropes was cut before the other, and the occupants pitched into the water. The speed at which the vessel was going pre vented any end being made to rescue them, before the screw propelling the vessel had engulfed crew, boat, and all in the vortex caused by its revolutions. One of the poor fellows was afterwards seen in the water, cut completely in two, but none of the others were visible. The captain, thinking that land could be made before they would be compelled to leave, still stood to his vessel. with the remainder of the crew and passengers, although their position was growing every moment more critical. A number of barrels of high wines which were on deck were thrown overboard, but some of them were broken in the effort, and their contents becoming strewn along the deck, served as fuel to the flame. This reduced the draught of the vessel from 12ft to Oft 3in, however, and gave new cause for hope to the almost despairing crew. At this rime the lug Avon, of Montreal, observing the condition of the Racine, made towards her, and fortunately arrived in time to save 27 of the crew slid passengers, WEST CORNWALL. The half yearly meeting was held on Wednesday at Pen zance—Mr L. Vigurs in the chair, The repert stated that there had been an increase in the net receipts, amounting to £1,503, while there had been a decrease in the merchandise traffic cf £783, This was to some extent caused by the season having been unfavourable for the production of early vegetables, which affected the quantity carried. The general revenue account, after the payment of fixed charges, including interest on debentures, &c., showed a balance of £2,748, of which, after paying a dividend on the preference shares, amounting to £763, £1,985 remained. The proprietors would bear in mind that in their last half-yearly report the directors stated there would be a further charge on the general revenue account for renewals and repairs of the rolling stock and works damaged through the accident at Penwithers. These were now completed. The balance standing to the debit of this account was £1,266, which the directors recommended should be wri:ten off. Notice had been served on the com pany by the Cornwall Railway Company to lay down the broad gauge , in pursuance of the provisions of the Acts of Parliament, sessions 1846 and 1850—and, with a view to comply with the Parliamentary obligation to do so, the board had already instructed their engineer to commence the relayingof the line with broad-gauge sleepers. The engkeer's report stated that the works on the railway were in good condition, and the permanent way continued in good order. The adoption of Clio reports was moved by the CHAIR• MAN, seconded by Mr, OSE, and carried. Votes of thanks to the chairman and directors were passed, and the meeting separated. WHITE HAVEN JUNCTION. The half•yearly meeting was held at Whitehaven on Wednesday —the Earl of Lonsdale presided. The CHAIRMAN said he had great pleasure in asking the shareholders to approve the report, because the accounts were clear and satisfactory. The traffic had increased to an unusual amount, the increase arising chiefly from the ac tivity in the iron ore mines. To the facilities afforded by the railway his lordship attributed much of that increased activity in the iron ore trade. There was every chance of that prosperity being continued, for iron was now sub stituted for wood in every department. The defences of our country were now iron instead of wood. His Lord. ship concluded by moving that the report and statement of accounts be received and adopted. Mr LT.TMB seconded the motion, which was carried una nimou•sly. Captain FISHER moved that a dividend at the rate of 30s per share, less income-tax, be declared on the original shares of the company. This was equal to 15 per cent., and he congratulated the directors upon the manner in which they had improved the position of this line, which in the outset was beset with diflh Referring to the numerous short lines in the west of Cumberland, he drew attention to the importance of united action among them. If an amalga mation of those companies could be effected it would, he believed, be attended with the best results. Mr T, C. Dxxoe seconded the motion, which was carried. The retiring directors and auditor were re-elected, and the proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to Lord Lonsdale for his c3nduct in the chair. WIIITERAVEN AND FURNESS JUNCTION. The half yearly meeting was held at Whitehaven on Wednesday —the .7 , 4'arl of Lonsdale presided, The CHAIRMEN, in moving that the re p or t an d statement of accounts be received and adopted, co ngratu l ated the shareholder s u p on the great step in a d vance they had made, so as to be able to pay 7i per cent. The lin e p asse d through a thinly-populated district; but here again, as with the Whitehaven Junction, the iron ore had been their friend. Some new works were required, but they would not involve the expenditure of much capital. To provide a snore direct and convenient route for ore from Cleator to the south a line to Sellafield or Nethertown had been suggested, and the opinion of the meeting would be taken as to the desirability of this company thus easing the route. Mr S. Lis Dow seconded the motion, which was agreed to. Mr STEEL, . 1 ;11,P,, moved that a dividend at the rate of Ids per share, less income tax, be declared on the original shares of the company, payable on the Bth of September. The line had for some years paid a poor dividend, but it was now in a prosperous state, Mr MUSGRAVE seconded the motion, which was carried. The retiring directors and auditor having been re-elected, Mr R, GREEN, of Leeds, moved a re:olution authorising the directors to take steps to make a line It om some conve nient point on t hi s company ' s lino to join the Cl ea tor line at or near Egrersont. Mr J. B. l l T agoNseconded the motion,which was carried. A vote of thanks to the chairman ended the proceedings. •••••• BRISTOL AND NORTH SOMERSET. The half-yearly meeting of this companY was held at Paulton on Tuesday —Mr J. Colthurst in the chair. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, directed attention to the considerable progress which had been made with the undertaking, and referred to the advan tages which the company had gained in the last session of Parliament in obtaininc, access to the prop osed central station at Bristol and t o the new docks at the mouth of the Avon. Mr SMITH seconded the resolution, which was adopted unanimously. A vote of thanks to the chairman, directors, and secretary terminated the proceedings. BRISTOL AND PORTISHEAD. The half -yearly meeting was held on'Vednesday at Bristol —Mr J ames Ford in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said they were much gratified in having completed the contract for the construction of the line with Mr Treadwell, who they felt satisfied would complete the works within the time specified. The Bristol and Exeter Railway Company had agreed to work the line immediately on its completion from Rownham to the junction of their line. The approaching opening of the suspension bridge and other causes would bring theca a large amount of traffic. He thought the shareholders might justly congratulate themselves on the present condition and prospects of the company. Mr E. CASTLE seconded the adoption of the report, and it was carried unanimously. The meeting then separated. KESWICK, COCKERMOUTH, AND PENR;TH, On Wednesday the half yearly meeting of this couoany was held at Keswick, Mr T. A. Hoskins in the chair. The Secretary read the report, It stated that notwii h standihg the great exertions that had been made they h a d been unable to secure the completion of the line in time for the slimmer traffic of the current year. This unexpected delay had chiefly arisen from the great difficulty ex perienced by the contractors in obtaining the requisite num ber of hands. There was, however, no doubt that the line would be ready for opening in two or threci weAs. The Government inspector had been over the line, and it was understood that some alterations would be required. The engineer stated in his report that the Government inspector had remarked that ho had never been over a line of the same length in which the works were so numerous. The addi tions to be made would not delay the opening beyond the secohd week in September. The expenditure amounted to £247,558, leaving a balance against the company of £8,961. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said the directors felt disappointed tha t the line had not been opened before. The delay was enti, -ely attributable to the ecarcity pt labour. Ile new of nothi og now that cortld occasion more than one or two week's delay in the opening of the line. Next summer their hotel would be completed, and he believed that the passenger traffic would be com mensurate with the accommodation provided on the rail way. It was his opinion that when that traffic was fairly developed it might be enlarged to any extent. The best assurance which he could give that the directors were not alarmed at any additional cost which might have to be in curred was that they had doubled the amount of their shares. Their prospects of remuneration had increased in a propor tion far exceeding that of any little extra outlay. Mr I. FLETCHER, deputy chairman, seconded the motion, which was unanimously carried. After the re-election of three directors and an auditor, the prcceedrngs terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors. BRISTOL AND SOUTH WALES UNION. The half yearly meeting was held on Wedne,day at Bristol•—Mr C. J. Thomas in the chair. Mr L. BRUTON, the secretary, read the report, which stated that on the Bth of this month the line would be out of the hands of the contractor, and that the Great Western Company would maintain the permanent way until Dec. 31 next at cost price, and thereafter at their own expense, as provided by a special agreement. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said that the number of passengers had increased from an average of 4,100 per week in 1863 to 5,800 per week during the past half year. The goods traffic had not increased so much as they had expected, but they looked for increased receipts in future. The debt due to the bankers had been reduced by £3,200, and the hotel company would in the course of a month pay them £2,300. This, with other items, would enable the directors further to reduce the debt. Mr T. W. RANKIN seconded the resolution. A discussion ensued, in which several proprietors depre. cated the agreement with the Great Western Company. The CHAIRMAN stated that no other company would have given them such advantages as they bad from the Great Western. The report was adopted. The meeting was then made special, and the forfeiture o, certain shares for non-payment of calls was confirmed. MERTHYR, TREDEGAR, AND ABERGAVENNY. The half-yearly meeting was held at the offices, Aber. gavenny, on Wejnesday,—Mr. C. Bailey, M,P., in the chair. The report stated that the requirements of Capt. Tyler had been carried out as regarded the second section of the line, and the railway was completed and opened to Tredegar. The London and North-Western Company had paid the half-yearly rent, and they continued to work the line in a satisfactory manner. In order to pay off certain liabilities it was proposed to make a call on the shares not paid up. The capital account showed thati241,620 had been received and £257,296 expended, leaving a balance against the com pany of £15,676. The report was unanimously adopted, and a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent per annum, less income-tax, was de clared for the half-year. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman. MID-WALES. This line has been opened, for both passenger and goods traffic, throughout its entire length from Talyllyn to Llanid loes, a distance of about 52 miles. It has running powers over the Brecon and . Merthyr to Brecon, and the line forms a junction with the Hereford, Hay, and Brecon at the Three Cocks. The cost of construction has been a little over £300,000. The contractors are Messrs Watson and Overend, and the engineers Messrs. B. and P. Piercy. The gradients are easy, and the line will form part of a direct communication between North and South Wales. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLN- SHIRE. Lord Wharncliffe has been elected a director of this com pany in place of Mr John Pender, M.Y., who has resigned in consequence of his numerous engagements. WEST FLANDERS. It is stated that the Rpyal assent has been given to the agreement made between the West Flanders Railways Com pany and the Societe Anonyme de Construction de Tubizo, for the leasing of the former lines. Frightful Sufferings of a Respectable Family. An inquiry was held by Mr T. Humphreys, East Middle- _ _ • sex coroner, at the Earl Vincent Tavern, Philpot-street, Commercial-road, on Wednesday night, respecting the death, under very painful circumstances, of Miss Lucretia ,hffreys, aged 24 years, the daughter of a well-known paper manufacturer. The jury proceeded to No. 5, Stonor-street, Philpot-street, to view the body of the deceased. The family occupied a small shop (not used as a shop), and a room behind it. Upon entering the shop the sister of the deceased was seen lying on a parish bed on the floor. She was in a state of great exhaustion and looked as if she were dying. She said to the coroner, "It is overwork has reduced me to this state." Toe sole furniture in the room consisted of a box and a broken chair, which had been lent by a neighbour. As the jury passed through the back room where the dead body of her sister lay she raised herself and looked after them with an expression of agony painful to witness. The back room contained a parish coffin in which lay the emaciated body of the deceased. The place was otherwise empty. It was stated that when Mr Badenhurst, the relieving officer, en tered the place on Sunday last, the deceased was found lying on the floor in a corner of the back room, dead, and her sister was dying, to all appearance, on a piece of oilcloth in the shop. The first witness examined was Mr Henry Jeffreys, who appeared ill and trembling, and said—l now reside at No. 5, Stonor-street. I was a bleacher and paper manufacturer in a large way of business. We came from Maidstone to London. The family consisted of my wife, two daughters, and two sons. I had studied chemistry in France, as a guide to the arts, sciences, and manufac tures. Since the circumstances of the family became altered I contributed to their support by selling chemical bottles, but it was necessary for my daughters to as sist. They worked for a slopseller near Bedford-square, whose name I have forgotten. They were paid 2s a dozen for making flannel shirts, and for blue and white ones they got 2s 6d a dozen. Lucretia has made four shirts in one day. By working very hard she made about two dozen in a week. My eldest daughter, who is ill, could only earn one-third as much, as she could not work so quick. One o f my sons got ill, and I tried to do his share (in selling bottles) as well as my own, and I got ill. My other son, w ho had to take a situation at a wool stapler's, met with an accident. A bale of wool fell on him, and we lost his guinea a week. Both my daughters then became ill from overwork and anxiety. The altered position of the family preyed upon their minds. The earnings of the family for the last eight weeks were nil. We pawned and sold everything to keep body and soul together. The clergyman of the parish gave us 45 and I borrowed 2s, which was all we did borrow. We determined to apply to no one, but to struggle through any thing and pass through the storm rather than trouble any one. We felt certain that within a few weeks we should receive a sum of money sufficient to supply all our wants. Coroner —Did the deceased die for want of food ? Witness—No, I think it was her mind that did it. We sold everything to get food. Coroner—But had she sufficient of a propor kind of food ° Witness—No, she had not. She refused on Wednesday last to allow a doctor to be brought in, saying she did not want to be practised on by doctors ; but I think her real rc&son was she was afraid to let any gentleman see us in the awful state in which we were, She said, "Father, if you bring one I will make away with myself," I was afraid she might do so, as an aunt of hers had three years ago, while ill, secreted a silver spoon in the bed and choked herself with it in the absence of her friends. I removed all the poisons and chemicals out of my daughter's reach. On Sunday I saw she was dying, and I went for a parish doctor. I thought I had only to go for one and he would come, as the person was dying, but I had to go to three places before I could get an order. As it became so late (I was out for several hours), I went back to see how she was getting on. I found her dead. Since her death the neighbours and the relieving c facer have been very kind. We only came into that house on Friday last. The rent is 4s 6d, but I do not know where it is to come from. Before that we were in Philpot-street, and th e rows an d t h reats of the landlord about a mont h' s rent that we owed, and his continually saying he would bring the brokers and take all we had got (we had, in fact, nothing, for we were obliged to sell everything for food), had a dreadful effect upon my daughter. Mrs Jane Clarke, 5, Norfolk-street, said that the family were in a dreadful state of privation. They slept on the bare boards at night. They had no bed. Wiliness gave them a chair and a bit o f o il c l ot h . W i tness l ent th em 2d o n Friday night. Mr Stephens said that the sister of the deceased was in a very dangerous condition, but nothing could induce her to go into the workhouse infirmary. Dr Robinson, parish surgeon, said that he was called to the deceased and found her dead. The body was much emaciated. The post mortem examination showed that there was effusion into the ventricles of tha brain and into the chest. There was only a little fluid in the stomach. She would have required nourishing food, bedding, clothing, and warmth, and the want of those necessaries was the acce lerating cause of her death. Witness was now attending the other daughter, and he could not get her to go into the workhouse. ..........,...—. The Coroner, in summing up, said that the case was the moat distressing one that bad ever come before him. It was no doubt to be regretted that Mr Seffreys had not earlier applied for medical and other aid, but the omission to do so was the result of an error of judgment on the part of a gentleman naturally unwilling to succumb to a reverse of fortune. The jury returned the following verdict:— " That Lucretia Jeffreys was found dead on the floor of a certain room from the mortal effects of effusion of serum into the brain and chest, and that her said death was accele rated by fatigue from overwork, by absence of stimulating nourishment and of clothing and other necessaries ; and the jury express their regret that through an error of judg ment the father of the deceased should have allowed his daughter to be so long without the requisite medical and other assistance, and their hope that her surviving sister might be induced to enter the Mile-end Infirmary with the view of saving her life." SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS TIMES.—The last surprise of the American war has been the appearance of a new Confederate cruiser, the Tallahassee, which has achieved unpre cedented success. The Alabama has been destroyed, the Georgia sold, the Florida is in some other seas, and the merchant vessels engaged in the Atlantic trade were thought once again secure. But all at once a long swift steamer is discovered haunting the coast, and preying upon Federal commerce with even more than the activity of its predeces sors. It is commanded by a captain intent upo❑ his business of capturing merchantmen, but, if re port is to be trusted, very little troubled with that restless heroism which takes men into unnecessary danger, for he says that he shall run rather than fight, his ship being especially constructed for the former purpose. Within a few days upwards of fifty vessels, great and small, have been destroyed by this daring but prudent adven turer. The rate of insurance on American bottoms has risen, and not without good cause, for nothing has been found yet to resist or even to catch the Tallahassee. The naval department has been confused by these sudden and multiplied disasters. It has despatched a whole squadron of steamers in search of the hostile vessel. Yet there is an opinion that the Tallahassee will not be taken. Like some phantom ship, she appears every now and then to vessels on their way, but those who seek her seek her in vain_ Merchant captains come into New York and Boston and report her capturing, burn• ing, and sinking vessels, or exacting bonds for the payment of money as the price of her safety. She cuts away the spars of the Federal ships and scuttles them, carrying off their men to the nearest land, and then putting them pitilessly on shore. All this it has been as yet impossible to prevent. The Federals have some swift vessels, but the Tal lahassee is swifter. For the second time a single "pirate" paralyses the trade of the whole union. The success of the Tallahassee must pro duce more than one imitator, and it is consequently •the first wish of the Federal navy to put a atop to her depredations, and to show that a reputation such as Captain Wood has earned is in its nature shortlived. But as yet the Tallahassee has not been touched, and it is quite possible that she may have as long a career as the Alabama—all the more as her captain will probably not fall into the error of Captain Semmes, and feel himself bound in honour to accept the challenge of a more powerful vessel. Such exploits cannot be contemplated without some surprise. The English notion with respect to marine warfare is that it is much more certain and scientific than that on land, and with quick vessels and powerful guns, and convenient coaling stations a nation must soon drive off the seas a rival which is less well provided. Powerful land armies may be opposed by the valour and patriotism of a weaker enemy, but numerous efficient and well-managed ves sels have seemed almost irresistible. The achieve ments of these Confederate cruisers, however, seem to show that there is a chance for the weaker even at sea. It is only necessary, when the lion's skin fails, to piece it out with the fox's. By speed, in cessant watchfulness, and early information, such a vessel as t r e Tallahassee can multiply itself fivefold. The command if no doubt given by the Confederate Government to officers of the utmost skill and re. forced by the very nature of source, and these are their employment to use all the faculties they pos. sass. They stand out before the world; there are seldom more than two or three of them at sea at the same time. Their duties, though strictly within the rights of belligerents, are of so invidious a kind, and bring down on them such hatred from the enemy, that they know that if taken prisoners they would be treated with unusual harshness, if even no worse inflict the befell them. They str ain ever y nerve to the utmost amount of damage on the enemy,and to escape being taken themselves. Hence, though the Federals have a most powerfu l nav y at their dispo sal,though they can send out some six or eight vessels on purpose to search after the Tallahassee. though they have their coaling ports close at hand, while the Tallahassee has to take the chance of being ordered off as often as she asks for a ton of coals at a neigh bouring English port, yet, unless some chance ren contre brings a superior Federal force against her, the Confederate vessel may continue her career of devastation for months to come. The half patriot, half buccaneer, who used to play so great a part in old wars is represented in the present day by such persons as Captain Semmes and Wood. The man who imbibes the spirit of this irregular warfare is generally more than a match for the regular sea man, accustomed to the routine of a fleet, and re ceiving into his mind that element of slowness which is almost inseparable from men who obey a strictly constituted power accirding to rules tradi tionally handed down. Did not Paul Jones defy the whole British fleet, sail up the Frith of Forth, and fight a British frigate with impunity P Even the French, in the worst days of their naval rills. fortune, generally had two or three well-known officers who were the terror of the British mercan tile marine, and raised the rates of insurance as Captain Wood is raising them in New York to-day. But though we must acknowledge the energy and skill of these Confederate commanders, we can have no sympathy with the particular ki n d o f war f are which they carry on. Looki ng upon i t as a retali ation for the many excesses and cruelties of the Federals on land, we may excuse it; but the whole system is barbarous, and it would be well if the war could be waged without such hateful doings. These prizes of the Tallahassee are, many of them, almost too petty for the dignity of a ship of war. The little schooners o f the American cuasting trade and the fishing vessels which are sent out of the New England ports appear to have chiefly made up the list of the Tallahassee's captures. Nothing is more likely to weaken the Peace party et the North than the story of these captures, which must irri tate the Northern people everywhere it is told, and make enemies of a large number who have no sympathy with Mr. Lincoln and his party. But while the war lasts there can be little hope that either side will pause in the course that i; has chosen. Never did war appear more clearly in its true light than in the present contest, when all amenities have been east aside, and each belligerent has used every means at his dis posal to harrass or overthrow his adversary. POST.—The Cotton Supply Association have just offered to the public certain facts of much interest and curiosity, in addition to the dry statistical details which commonly form the staple of their proceedings and reports. The recent changes in the tendency of the cotton growth are very remarkable. It seems likely, for instance, that the supply of cotton from Egypt, a quarter from which so much was originally expected, will soon come altogether to an end. The Egyptian climate has been found quite unsuited to the cultivation of the plant, and already it has been almost entirely abandoned. This is a result which cannot fail to be a serious disappointment to those who have interested them selves in the Alexandrian trade. In Turkey and in India the case is just the reverse. Both countries have shown themselves adapted in a very high de gree for the culture of the cotton plant ; and it is not improbable that there may be a sharp competi tion between them for the supply of the English market with the raw material. If Turkey can pro duce it at the same cost as India, she will of course have the advantage, for the distance of the Turkish ports from Liverpool is less than one-third of the distance of the Indian ports ; and the difference of time, shipping cost, and interest of money, will be in favour of the former. We will, however, com mence with India. Bokhara appears to be one of the most favoured regions,but as is well known it is not a part of British India, and the export of cotton from thence is an overland one through Russia. Five years ago the exports of cotton from Bokhara amounted to no more than 1,500,0001 b., whereas they are estimated for the present year at 20,000,0001 b. These figures are safe as ground. works for calculation; but the association are apt to lead the public astray when they argue from the difference of relative value, They say th a t in 1859 the trade was worth only £25,000, whereas now it is worth £1,65.0,000; but it will be seen at a glance that this ratio is out of all pro portion with the ratio avoirdupois—the fact being that cotton is worth four or five times as much in the Liverpcol market now as it was in 1859. The increase, however, in weight and quantity is suffi cient to show that Bukhara has succeeded in esta blishing a anteing trade, and in cultivating the cotton plant with very different results to what we now find in Egypt. In Scinde the cultivation is at present experimental, but there is a disposition to promote it, and a fair prospect of a successful issue. On the coasts of the Mediterranean cotton has been cultivated with a variety of success much more than in proportion to any possible varieties of climate. We must, therefore, conclude that the soil has been as influential as the atmosphere. We have already said that in Egypt the cotton cultivation is about to be abandoned. In Tripoli, again, the attempt has proved itself hopeless ; but more on accoant of the want of capital, labour, and water, than through any tested inaptitude on the part of the soil itself. But in Algeria, in the reuse latitude, and on the same Southern shore of the Mediterranean as Egypt, great expectations of success appear to be entertained. Last year nearly 1,000,00u1b. of cotton were exported from that country ; and during 1864 it is expected that between three and four times that quantity will be shipped. The French Government, however, still cling to the old usage of making their colonies as useful to the imperial country as possible, and nearly the whoaa of the Algerian produce is consigned to commer cial houses at Marseilles and Havre. It appears, however, that the cotton growth in Algeria has been stimulated artificially by the Government, and tempting premiums are offered to the cultiva tor of the soil to plant his fields with cotton in stead of maize. No doubt, however great the Algerian produce may be, the protective and inter colonial system, still partly recognised in France, will prevent us from obtaining any of it_ It wilt, in all probability, be entirely absorbed by the French markets. In the Turkish empire —that is in Europe and Asia, and excluding Africa—the success of the cultivators hes been as various as the climates that belong to it. But in Turkey the competition has been more recent than in most of thecouritries on the Mediterranean Sea, and it has not therefore at pre sent had equal advantages, or been so much deves loped. But the promise on the whole is greater than in any other of these lands. Taking the central province of Ronmelia as an example, it appears that the cultivation was only begun in 1863. In the dis trict of Adrianople 3,600 acres were then planted, and during this year the amount has been doubled. This small quantity of land, however, yielded 400,0001 b. in 1863, and double the quantity is ex• petted during the present season. In another dia. trict, that of Enos, more than ten times the guano tity has been planted ; but the crops appear to be there absorbed by contiguous factories, and Turkey seems likely to become an extensive manufacturer as well as an exporter of the raw material. In the district of Rodosto, again, on the sea of Marmora, there is a large produce, but it goes entirely either to Constantinople or Marseilles, and fails, therefore, to supply the English market. On the north western coast of the iEgean, on the plains of Arta and Saloa nice, there appears to be an excellent prospect of success, if adequate labour can be obtained. It is therefore proposed to obtain a supply of Bulgarian peasants whom a prospect of high wages will pro bably tempt to leave their own country. Cotton seed has also been sown in the Herzgovine, but in all pro• bability the coast of the Adriatic will be found too northerly for the success which promises to attend the cultivation both in Roumelia and Asiatic Turkey. In the meantime the Brazilian supply shows same sign of abatement; but the bulk of what is shipped from Rio Janeiro comes to this country. It is remarkable to find from figures of the associa tion that the quantity of cotton now being exported from the Brazils is no greater than it was ten years ago. In 1853 more than 14,000 tons of cotton were shipped ; in 1863 the amount was but 15,000 ; and for the last nine months the amount was 11,000 tons. The popular monetary cry of " Silver to pay for cotton in Brazil" really resolves itself into this —that there is just the same amount of cotton im ported from Brazil than there used to be, but that it costs more money per pound. In Fiji and in Queensland the export is on the increase, bat it is not positively large from either country. It appears therefore that, independently of them, it is only from Turkey and India that the amount exported for this country is on the increase; that the Ameri can war has had no effect whatever on the amount of our imports from Brazil, except in regard to price; that in Egypt the cultivation of cotton is exploded ; and that from Algeria the produce goes entirely to France. We have therefore to depend in the main on India and Turkey. COUNTRY MARKETS. BRISTOL—.THURSDAY, A moderate show of English wheat in our market today, for which the demand ruled firm, at fully last week's quo tations. In Foreign very little business doing at former prices. Barley less in demand than usual at this time of the year, and unaltered it. value. Oats in large supply, and a free trade. Beans rather cheaper. Peas very slow. Maize dull, with easier prices. B IRMINGHAM—THURSDAY. There was a short supply of English wheat at market to-day, and both old and new sold slowly at last week's prices; in foreign the turn was in favour of the buyers. Barley, oats, beans, and peas in fair sale, at previous rates. —English wheat was sold at 44s to 50s for white, and 40s to 46s per 36 stone for red, Barley, new malting, 30s to 38s per qr; grinding, 25s to 28s. Oats, old, 24s to 30s per 30 stone; Irish, 20s to 245. Beans, 42s to 44s per qr. Peas, 38s to 40s per 36 stone. BURTON-ON-TRENT—THURSDAY. The show of wheat at our market to-day was by no means large, and we quote last week's extreme prices, with a firm trade. Barley at fully late rates. Oats and beans sold at a small advance. Old white wheat..46s to 52s New d0...426 to 48s Matting barley....34s:to 37s Grinding d0.....26s to 30s Old red wheat, to 458 New do. i ..40s to 44s Oats 2os to 299 Beans 389 to 449 MANCHESTER—TRURSDAY. An average attendance at our market to-day, and choice old English wheat held for an advance of Is per qr, which checked sales, while new was in fair request at the curren cies of this day se'nnight. Foreign in slow ',ale, anct may be quoted at late rates. For fresh made flour more money was asked, but not obtainable. Oats firm in value, and oatmeal quite as dear. Beans ruled at last week's extreme prices. Indian corn 3d to Gd per qr lower. EDINBURGH GRAIN—WEDNESDAY. To. day there was a thin supply of country wheat. Sides good, and 6d per qr advance. Wheat on the top 3s Od up average is 4d down, Barley on the top is Od down .average Os bd up. Oats on the top 3s Od up. .. . ...average Os 2d up. Beans on the top Os 6d down average is 3d down. Average Prices. Wheat., ! 39s 4d I Oats, Barley 3ls , Id 1 Beaus 39s Od ... Total Supply and Sales. Wheat ... 717 qrs Sold 656 qrs Barley.... 619 qrs Sold 691 qrs Oats Beans lO6 qrs Sold 46 qrs Town• made flour sells as follows :—White, 388; extra superfine. 36s ; superfine, 34s ; fine, 325. GLASGO NV-WEDNESDAY. The arrivals of wheat and flour moderate. The market thinly attended. Wheat slow, at last week's rates. Oats were quiet. Barley unchanged. Beans and peas steady, at fully late rates. Flour sold to a fair extent. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Sustralia and Mauritius, via Southampton. . .Sept IE. via Marseilles Sept. 12. Brazil and Cape Verde, by British packet . Sept. 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Sept. 28. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Sept. 1. via Marseilles ...Sept. 12. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton .. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Sept. 1. via Marseilles Sept, 12. India (Bombay), via Southampton ...... Sept. 10. via Marseilles.....,., Sept. 4, Portugal.... Sept. 4. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Sept. 1. via Marseilles Sept. 4. Newfoundland ..Sept. 14. Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Sept. 8. by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. Sept. 2. All parts of West Indies including 29. California. and British., Columbia. Chili, Peru, I Aug. . [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIo Ray's Pills.--Good Diges tion.—Holloway's pills are universally acknowledged to be the safest, speediest, and best corrective for indigestion. Loss of appetite, acidity, flatulency, and nausea are a few of the inconveniences which aro remedied with ease by these purifying pills. They strike at the root of all abdominal ailments, they excite in the stomach a proper secretion of gastric juice, and regulate the action of the liver, promoting in that organ a copious supply of pure wholesome bile so necessary for digestion. These pills remove all distention and obstruction, and from their harmless composition are peculiarly well adapted for delicate persons and young children; whilst casting out impurities, these excellent pills strengthen the system and give muscular tone. Births. II EATlicotE.—On th e 2Gth u lt., a t 11 , L c wades-squarer the Lady Evelyn Heathcote, of a daughter. LAWTON.—On the Ist inst., at Burleigh Lodge, Canon* bury -park, N., the wile of W. S. Lawton, of a son. NOURIS.—On the Ist inst., at 18, Eaton•place, Belgrave* square, the wile of the Rev. J. P. Norris, of a son. PowELL.—On the 31st ult„ at Buckhurst-hill, the wife of Nathaniel Powell, Esq., of a c aughter. Marriages. ROUTH—AIRY.—On the 3lat ult., at Greenwich, Edward John Routh, Esq,, son of the late Commissary-General Sir Randolph 1, Routh, K.C.8., to Hilda, eldest surviv ing daughter of George Riddell Airy, Esq., Astronomer Royal. IRBY — MiGENIS.-•-•011 the 31st ult., at Lea en Essex, Leonard H. L. I r b y, C 8., of Bpylanc Hal!, Norfolk, t o Geral ine Alicia Maria, daughter of the late Rev. J. Be Magenis, rector of Great Horkesley, Deaths. BRASSEY.-0a the 31st ult., at Brimfield, Hertfordshire, George Brassey, E-q., aged 83, BnontE.—On the 31st ult., at 22, Falkner-square, Liver pool, E. M. Brodie, Esq. BRUCE. —On the 31st ult., at 6, Albert-terrace, Regent's park, Henry Bruce, Esq,, aged 67. HINDMARSH.—On the 30th inst., at Guernsey, John Hind riatrsh, nephew and secretary of the late George Stephen" son, engineer. JESSEL—On the 31st ult., at Putney, Z. A. Jessel, Esq., of Saville-row, aged 71. MURLESS.—On the 30th ult., at Aldershot, Philip Rodber Murless, solicitor, of 3 Great James-street, Bedford-rot, London, and Aldershot, ages 31. London: Prini:ed and rtsbl.lshod by WILLIAM ANDRE;O O of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at InE SUN Office No. 7 0 : Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, In the Count?' Cj 1 44( 1 1mA—Friday, September 2, 1864,